Improvement in oigae machinery



KRAMER &'W|SE V Cigar Machine.

No. 67,887. Patented Aug. 20, 1867."

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WILLIAM KRAMER, OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, AND JOSEPH WlSE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 67,887, dated August 20, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR MACHINERY.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM Kniiiunn, of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, and Josnrn WISE, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Cigar Machinery; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein-- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of our said machine.

Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. 1

The object of our inventionis to roll up the filling with the desired amount of pressure and wrap a binder around it, and then.to receive and hold the same from unrolling, and allow the workman to take out one by one and envelope it in the wrapper.-

Our invention consists in a bed, having a receptacle for the filling material, in combination with an apron lying upon such bed, and a roller that ismoved along such bed, and causes the revolution of the filling,'and the wrapping around it of the binder, while held in a bight or bend of the apron and drawn along by said moving roller, the apron itself being stationary or nearly so. We receive the bundles of filling into a cloth that is gradually rolled up and retains them, so that they are in a condition for thewrappers to be applied.

In the drawing, a a are side frames tied together by the bolts 6 b. c is a table. I prefer that the same be inclined as shown. At the lower end of the table 0 is a mould or receptacle, d, that is removable so as to allow for introducing othef moulds for different sizes of cigars. e isan apron, passing over the table a and mould d. One end is attached to the cross-piece f, and the other end is connected to the roller 5! by a strip of metal, 1, passed over hooks on the roller g; and we introduce a strip of metal, 2, rolled up in cylindrical form between the layers of the apron rolled and the roller g, so that, the said apron will be firmly and uniformly held at this end against the strain to which it is subjected.

'In the side frames at of the machine arelongitudinal slots 3, receiving rollers on-the sliding-stock k h, that is formed of two side frames connected by a tie-bolt passing through the slots 3, and carries the roller 5. The frames at and slots 3 at oneend are curved downwards, as seen in fig. 1, so as to bring theroller 2' down nearly to the level of the'table c.

The material forming the filling is placed in the mould d upori the apron e, and a strip or leaf, to form a binder, is laid upon said apron. The operator thentakes hold of the stock it, and pushes the roller 2' across the mould, carrying the apron c with it, and enclosing said filling in a bight'or fold of such apron behind the roller 1', and in this condition the roller 2' and filling are rolled from end to end of the table 0, both roller and cigar revolving, but the apron remaining in its position. This operation compresses the filling and rolls a binder around it, and the extent of compression of the filling is regulated by the tightness of the apron. This may be tightened or loosened by turning the roller g, a ratchet and pawl, It, being provided for holding the roller. As the roller 2' passes beyond the bed a, as seen in blue lines in fig. 1, the bunch of filling is relieved, and is ready to be taken and havethe wrapper applied in any desired way. We, however, prefer to roll the bundles within a cloth, so as to retain them in the proper form and allow the attendant to take them out one by one and apply the wrappers. For this purpose we employ the roller Z, that is set at one end into the ratchet-wheel m by a slot or square, so as to be turned by said ratchet-wheel but be removable, the other end of said roller Z passing into a hole in the frame a and taking against aspring, 4:. The roller Z is revolved progressively by a spring-talon, it, acted upon by the stock it, and taking the teeth of the wheel m, and o is a cloth extending from the roller 1 to a small roller, 12, to which a friction-spring, q, is applied. The cloth is wound upon this roller 11, and as the bundles of filling fall from the apron e upon this cloth 0, they pass down and are held. in form by the roller I being turned around. The roller 1 and cloth may be removed from the machine when a suflicient number of bundles of filling have been enclosed by the cloth 0.

By our machine-a great saving of tobacco and of labor is effected, because themoyld becomes the measure of the quantity-of tobacco, and smaller pieces can be introduced than is now possible in hand-made cigars, and the rolling on of the binder is effected with very great rapidity. The apron being of a'yielding nature, and the filling being rolled up so rapidly, the tobnc co is not injuredas in hand-made cigars, and its elasticity is maintained, so that the wrapper is always fully extended.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The table a, apron e, and mould d, in combination with the roller 2', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A removable mould, for the reception of the filling tobacco, in combination with an apron passing into sueh mould, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. r

3. The arrangement of the roller 2', stock it, table a, mould d, and tightening-roller g for the apron e,-as and for the purposes set forth 4. The roller 1, fitted and actuated substantially as specified, in combination with the cloth 0 and roller 12, as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1867.

W. KRAMER, JOSEPH WISE.

Witnesses:

FRED. O. WINKLER, FRANCIS Reno, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

